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I am 47 yrs old, but I don't look a day over 45 Lol. I have the best family ever, 3 sisters and 4 brothers and Wonderful Parents. I have done hair for almost 27 years and I love it, and my customers So So much!!! I am so blessed. and.. I have been fighting stage 4 colon cancer for 3 years.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

day 1 chemo

So my first chemo didn't go so well.  Monday March 7th at 9:30 am I went in for my first treatment at first it seemed everything was going well.  They couldn't get any blood draw back from my port but It seemed to be working ok. I experience strange feelings and it tastes so so bad, like I am sucking on a nickle.  I was getting pain in my neck and they were concerned the port had slipped out of my heart where it was supposed to be, so they sent me for an X-ray it showed it was in place, so they began the infusion again.  Soon it started hurting my neck again so they stopped and sent me to get a CAT scan that showed a blood clot and that the placement was too high in my neck which was forcing the chemo up my juggler instead of into my heart.  I finally left from the first day @ 6 pm and they were unable to complete the first days infusion.  They scheduled a procedure called a clot buster for the next morning but I had to do it in radiology where they could monitor with CT scans because it was not just a blood clot but a cone shaped fibroid sheath...whatever that means! 
  

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